Path selection in the growth of rivers

River networks exhibit a complex ramified structure that has inspired decades of studies. However, an understanding of the propagation of a single stream remains elusive. Here we invoke a criterion for path selection from fracture mechanics and apply it to the growth of streams in a diffusion field....

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Main Authors: Devauchelle, Olivier, Szymczak, Piotr, Cohen, Yosef, Seybold, Hansjorg, Yi, Robert Sngho, Rothman, Daniel H.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/108681
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7997-0119
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4243-5478
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4006-7771